I want some fight. I don’t expect to win, but if we play like we did in round 24 last year …

3 hours ago, roy11 said:

Being a bad fella and not going tonight - last week was my last game for the season. will watch from the couch at home in the absence of 50,000 ghouls

X2

35 minutes ago, Yarra Valley Demon said:

Given that selection is done by a panel, not by the coach on their own (not that we have a full time senior coach yet) then, yep, the club as greater entity is responsible for the decision making.

And last week's effort was flattered highly by the last 3 goals in junk time.

Thousands upon thousands of posts on this site say otherwise.

2 hours ago, beelzebub said:

Found myself in Edmonton in 82. Was treated to a , well, not so much a game, more a spectacle akin to the Colosseum of Ice complete with masked gladiators. I can see where Hill go his inspiration 😉

There's nothing quite like 'Hockey' ...

I spent 1980 in the far north of Canada .

Hockey night in Canada in a pub in the far north on a freezing night was / is something to remember.

5 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Just don't get reported Kozzie, please!

Costing Collingwood the double chance would be a rare win in an otherwise terrible season.

Totally agree with both comments.

Borrowing from the Queen?, it truly has been a ‘annus horribilis’ season to date but…….if we happen to beat Collingwood tonight that then contributes to them not winning the premiership….all will be forgiven.

Highly unlikely, but I still live in hope. GO DEES

1 hour ago, doc roet said:

A win or a minor loss to knock them out of the double, a concussion to Maynard and a hammy to Daicos please.

Now I'm not one to wish ill on opposition players, however I do feel that you've left out Darcy Moore here.

1 hour ago, Ghostwriter said:

Thank goodness

GO YOU MIGHTY DEMONS!!!

GO OUT THERE TONIGHT AND

RAISE [censored] HELLLLL

❤️💙👊🏼❤️💙

just live the enthusiasm I will sit n watch sip a glass of Shiraz and ride most bumps

Just hope we turn up to play go Dee’s

1 hour ago, Yarra Valley Demon said:

Given that selection is done by a panel, not by the coach on their own (not that we have a full time senior coach yet) then, yep, the club as greater entity is responsible for the decision making.

Yep 100% agree.

Which is why the trenchant criticism goody frequently received for selection criticism often reflected an ignorance about how AFL teams operate (which was the subtext of my comment).

Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by binman

Demons to get the W, me to narrowly avoid a punch on with Collingwood bogans

2 hours ago, doc roet said:

A win or a minor loss to knock them out of the double, a concussion to Maynard and a hammy to Daicos please.

yes yes yes

please just win dees

It looked like a similar situation here:

2023 Rd19 – Port Adelaide (2nd) vs Collingwood (1st) at Adelaide Oval. It went down to the wire. PA 12.11 (83) def. by Coll 13.7 (85). Coll won by 2.

2025 Rd23 – Adelaide (1st) vs Collingwood (3rd) at Adelaide Oval. It went down to the wire. Adel 9.5 (59) def. Coll 8.8 (56). Adel won by 3.

2023 Rd20 – A Friday night at the MCG, 6 days after Rd19. Collingwood vs Carlton. Coll 10.16 (76) def. by Carl 14.9 (93). Carlton won by 17. Three of Coll’s 10 goals were kicked by Jeremy Howe, who was sent forward in the 4th quarter.

2025 Rd24 – A Friday night at the MCG, 6 days after Rd23. Collingwood vs Melbourne. I'd expect our Dees to run Coll's legs off in the 2nd half or in the 4th quarter ...

Can we do it? 

Yes, if we really want to beat them!

Go Dees!

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by Min Xie

When Langdon goes to Daicos and the Collingwood players come for him to protect their player which they will I want to see some pride and passion from the Melbourne players. Stand up for your teammate and your club. If I see post game cuddles and jumper swapping with Maynard or Moore that will just about do me.

http://mfcde.es/3HBpPFy

Soccer balls and golf to prepare

Pies by 7+goals 😭😭… or 5 points 😭😭😭

5 hours ago, binman said:

By the by I love how posters are now criticising the 'club' for performance and selection decisions not the coach.

Suits their agenda. Anyway everyone knows that the board selects the team. They gotta go, again.

Pies easily.

The other day someone on here said maybe Sharpie will tag Naicos. I can’t remember who said it but wondering if anyone thinks there’s any chance of this happening (?)

and talking about team selection generally, at the Tigers before Hafey, Richmond and Wilson, the team was selected by the parish council at St Ignatius. (Sure is much rubbish stuck in my head)

8 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

No Gameday Thread?

Has everyone given up 😳

Maybe it is because a prime time Friday game is so rare ... after she double checks today is Friday ...

Come on DL'ers support the team one last time for the year!

Seems to be that way Luci.

My back injury has prevented me from attending recently so my head is in the wilderness a bit with match times.

These last 3 weeks I've just assumed we had the Sunday late game until my mum texts me 'Go Dees' about an hour before the bounce and I go into a mad and juvenile panic!

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by layzie

8 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

No Gameday Thread?

Has everyone given up 😳

Maybe it is because a prime time Friday game is so rare ... after she double checks today is Friday ...

Come on DL'ers support the team one last time for the year!

I gave up after the saints game LH. My only interest in AFL is who we pick as coach and who gets traded from our list. A small correction. I am interested in how some of our Casey players perform in the finals games. I looked at the list last night and I reckon there are at least 8 who will never be senior level players.

1 hour ago, sisso said:

Demons to get the W, me to narrowly avoid a punch on with Collingwood bogans

#Tautology 🤣

Win, lose or draw their supporters are boss-level feral. One of our members was spat on by a teenage girl following their thumping win over us in round 24 last year. She was with adults (presumably her parents) who did nothing about it. The rotten apple doesn’t fall far from the rotten tree.

I'm going tonight. A month ago I said no way am I going to this game.

However now that they can't finish on top & secure the minor premiership has helped.

I feel like I'm bookending our season. I was there r1 so may as well go r24.

I'm a little intrigued on what will happen.

I don't really enjoy watching it on TV

Plus may as well go to the mighty ground.

But just imagine if we could beat them

In 3 hours I'll probably regret my decision once I'm surrounded by filth

33 minutes ago, layzie said:

Seems to be that way Luci.

My back injury has prevented me from attending recently so my head is in the wilderness a bit with match times.

These last 3 weeks I've just assumed we had the Sunday late game until my mum texts me 'Go Dees' about an hour before the bounce and I go into a mad and juvenile panic!

Take care layzie.

48 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

The other day someone on here said maybe Sharpie will tag Naicos. I can’t remember who said it but wondering if anyone thinks there’s any chance of this happening (?)

Dont care who tags him.... needs to wear like a glove.. make him cry.

Makem ALL cry...

Go Dees

3 hours ago, Wodja said:

Totally agree with both comments.

Borrowing from the Queen?, it truly has been a ‘annus horribilis’ season to date but…….if we happen to beat Collingwood tonight that then contributes to them not winning the premiership….all will be forgiven.

Highly unlikely, but I still live in hope. GO DEES

Didn't she also say, "Grief is the price we pay for winning a premiership"?

[censored] Collingwood supporters must breed like rabbits. Their numbers seem to grow on a weekly basis. I’m at Flinders right now and the place is swarming with them and there’s still three hours to go. There are little infestations of them everywhere. Take a break, exterminators. No amount of pesticide would remedy this plague.

Conversely, I’ve yet to see a single Dees fan. But I’ve been approached by numerous people with words of support which is nice (except for the ones who pitied me, no one likes being pitied).

All good though, these feral [censored]-ers can try but they won’t bring me down.

GO DEES!!!